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with Jennifer Wadsworth | Assistant metro editorGood morning! Here's a look at today's top headlines in Baton Rouge. Trooper demotedA Louisiana State Police trooper’s behavior around a group of LSU students — students he was assigned to protect — has earned the officer a demotion after an internal probe found he drank alcohol and committed various other policy violations on a trip to Mississippi with the school band. James Finn has the scoop. Relocating 600+ inmates Louisiana will transfer 602 people in prison at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola to other correctional facilities over the next three months in order to cope with a chronic staffing shortage. Here's what we know about the mass relocation. Ronald Greene probeA bipartisan legislative committee tasked with investigating the 2019 death of Black motorist Ronald Greene while in State Police custody is set to meet for the first time to discuss its objectives. Here's Blake Paterson with the details about Tuesday's committee session on the matter. Thanks for reading! |
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| The Biden administration’s decision to impose sanctions on Russia has hit former U.S. Sen. David Vitter directly in the pocketbook. Read more |
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| A Baton Rouge teenager who allegedly agreed to meet with his female victims and then demanded money and sex at gunpoint was indicted Thursd… Read more |
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| A 21-year-old man has been arrested, accused of fatally shooting someone at a motel on Rieger Road near Siegen Lane last month, documents f… Read more |
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| A Washington Parish corrections deputy was arrested and fired from his job in the sheriff's office after he confessed to smuggling a cellph… Read more |
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| A federal judge has given former LSU associate athletic director Sharon Lewis until Friday to add new claims to her lawsuit against the uni… Read more |
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| Almost six years after an East Baton Rouge sheriff's deputy was critically wounded in an ambush of law enforcement, his hometown of Denham … Read more |
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| Many believe that hotdogs taste best inside a baseball park — especially when the game is played in LSU's Alex Box Stadium, Southern Univer… Read more |
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| Buy your tickets now for Crawfete, the event that officially kicks off crawfish season in Baton Rouge. This year, the area's premiere crawf… Read more |
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| Construction crews will be on the bridge day and night Read more |
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